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As Tetsu gets back into the swing of things, Okita shows him a collection of humorous haiku to help cheer him up. Unfortunately, the haiku actually belongs to Hijikata, who stands at nothing to retrieve it back from Tetsu. Ryōma then appears and does a footrace against Hijikata to prevent Tetsu from being chased. After Tetsu shows Sanosuke and Shinpachi the haiku, Hijikata begins to pursue them, but he trips over a vegetable. While Sanosuke and Shinpachi are exhausted from being tailed, Tetsu scurries to give Okita back the haiku, but Okita tells Tetsu to hold onto it for a while longer. Tetsu runs toward Tatsu as Hijikata approaches, yet Tatsu hands over the haiku with no hesitation at all. Tatsu thanks Okita for enlightening Tetsu by somehow orchestrating the chase, even though Hijikata was earnest on the matter. It is also seen that the haiku that was given back to Hijikata was a fake made by Okita.